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W. D. C. PA'TTYSON. TYPE nrsTmBUTINe-MACHINE. No.175,147. Patented March 21,1876.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LJTMOGRAPHER wAsmNGTON D C 5Sheets-Sheet2. W. D. C. PATTYSON. TYPE DISTRIBUTING-MACHINE. No.175,'147. Patented March 21,1876.

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W. D. C. PATTYSON. TYPE DIsTRIBUTmG-MMHINE.

Patented March 21,1876.

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TYPE DISTRIBUTING-MACHINE. No.175,147. Patented March 21,1876.

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aielahove it is secured, upon the shaft d, a ratchet-wheel, b2, (see Figs. 14 and 15,) the teeth" of Athe ratchet being spaced all around thejwheel, to agree with the equal distances a oithepxtremities of the pusher-bolts c2. The rec'efpacle-plate f is of circular form, and pro- V- ,jxjiddfivithf sufcientdead space', d2, the purpose o fwhich willv hereinafter more particuarly appear., The balance of the space is dil\ 'de'dnto "as many radial grooves as the manelis yintended to accommodate different aracters, numbers7 and varieties of characs of different type, with the exception of the tlone al, which is for what is called the box.

- In' the drawings shown, the machine is arnge lfor sixteen characters only, and the `p ox .1,n these. grooves, the receptacles'g, l1 yconsist of two sides and a bottom, lit gly, so that they can be pushed in by hand, Lnjot indanger of being moved by the vngo thebolts c2. e? areltyperests,:one of .placed in each ot the receptacles g,

hehoriy ntal part ofthe bolts v ?,to slide freely Y nade sufficiently tight-fitting to main. pperextremity g2 in its proper posif :of eaclnoi these bolts c2 is .provided le receptcleslg,

i yThe boltsare .i ej( o. converge1at=,.the passing ofyeachof he e@ igs...'1 and. 15,;or, an endless spira "be formed forthispurpose. Thu

cterlis 'received in fg and push the reste?` recedes, sliding ifreel bo oirvergesfa new 1 f' eptioinof. the next formed,having pa mediatcly over, th

les gr l "k2 isf 9 and l0, through -thebo 'to eep thentypes. which fall into them fin 'pright-position.- The bolt-s c2 are.Y to the `receiver-plate f by meansof a.. laced concentrically with the recep-y efj', and secured by bolts or screws. l, gfgrooves are cut, forming guides for,

beseen thatjbyturning round-- `b '-.lIlrlthe direction indicated ,hyathe 4, its teeth 4acting on `the lower;y of ci Will-@2111@ Iall the bolts ouslylto diverge and press in tqthel thereby pushing outwardgany.;

,ft-imma.. on ineen the Wheel; 122by means of an elas- :the 11 distributer-barrel ,2, placed around,.theirnecksras `autel: Openinai d2 pas es lmmediately above. I on t e .shaft.d,t'nhe distributerf,

barrel m?, shown more part' 9, and'lO, having on its top 4hr` y y correspond in number with "es o2, formed on its periphery. These grooves are partially covered by plates p2, leavingfasuicent space for the projections ofthe seleetormwhich will u be hereinafter more particularlyldescribed, to` enterand feel7 or enga the type. ,The l distributer barrel, eloiv the4 grooves, and on this mall trap-V doorsordrop-bottomsqz. oted and swinging free into the barrel of the dis y y 'pins passing, as -show distributer-barrel, and so y sift any one Vot' the drops-,bottom horizontal position; andtth the drop-bottom Vis by'i tion. This is done by At eproj cam k2, the top of the a1 ther under surfacev tz t" Thus, as the distrib e theshaft d,.a1 1.d.tl'1 e ,g 1d pl .arestatiouaryg each the;` il uately pressedoutwardA Ajection Z2., .thegdrol sively raised, as .the l `volves, by the. proje onta?, diatelyvover the dea sp ce cle-plate f. It, will twenty groovesoz pins f ...drop-bottom is r pivot.; or tfft andextends a distance in of equal diameter, as shown in Fig. 5, when the diameter is'reduced to agree withthehody f3. By this means it is fairly guided and held in position. To the body f3 is screwed a head, g3, and in itis inserted a pin, 11.3, working in a groovev formed j on' the under side of selector-ring b3, and 'preend of the head g3 (screwed into them, and a bolt k3 placed in theni)a spira-ll spring, Z3, is

placed, the bore ot' the body being reduced in the outer extremity, and the bolt Ak3 being provided with a head to lit the bores, as clear,- ly shown in Fig. 7. Thus, by pressing on the outer end of the .bolt k3- the spiral spring L3 vis compressed, and pushes out the head g3, causing the spiral spring i3 to be compressed. Tile pressing in of the vbolt k3 is caused by the projections m3 ot' the cam-ring l as it revolves by the action of .the pawl y upon thelever '112.

The heads g3 are provided with projections a3,

which engage with vsimilar nicks orinotches os formed 1n the typep, which are at this time in grooves o2,shown in Figs. S, 9, and

. 10. If the nicks oido not correspond with the projections (n3, theV selectors c3 will be prevented from passing inward, to their full extent. g3 is a pin screwed into'the bottompart of thc head g3 and arrangedexactly tovagree with Vthe pins s2. `By reason of the ,projections a? not agreeing with thenicks 03, the pins g3 are prevented from Vengaging with the pills s2, the spiral spring Z3 yielding to let the projection mpass the end of the bolt k3, consequently the droplbottoms are not allowed to fall, and the i types are retained in the grooves o2. Had the projections a3 agreed with the nicksio3 the projections would have passed inward until they reached the inner side ot' the grooves 02 and the pin g3 would have driven in the correspondingpin s2, allowing the drop-bottom q2 to fall, and, by being relieved by the passage ofthe projections n3, the spring i3, carryingthe selector back, Would allow the type to fallinto the corresponding passage 'i2 in the guide-plate z' beneath it.`

By arranging the nicks 3 and projections n3, and varying them according to the, types, characters, and figures, the types contained in grooves o2 will be carried round in the grooves ofV the distributing-barrel till they come to the selector. having projections to agree with' their nicks.

Although but two projections a3 are shown n the heads g3,-their'nun1bers may be in` "creased or diminished, as well as their positions varied, it being necessary to have' such a variation of nicks and projectionsthat a diii'erent combination will be provided for each type, character in that type, and figure. The pawl-lever v2 is actuated by aconnectingrod, r3, attached to a double eye upon the lever and the pin of a crank, s3, upon the shaft g. By

this arrangement the cam-ring AZ and barrel m2 are alternately rotated in l,opposite direction. A Y

The type-table s is constructed as follows Upon it ianges t3 us are raised lperpendicular tothe plane ot' the table. These are for ,the reception of the type, in column, requiring to be distributed. The galleys containing them are brought to the table and the column removed and placed upon the table, `so that the trst line of type comes fair with the line of the pusher v3; the front of the column being supported by an angle-plate w3, which, in the ease of unleaded type, is secured stationary' by sets/crews or similar devices, but which, in the case of leaded type, is only held sufficiently in place to support the leads. as they are 'pressed forward from the column, butV is free to move when forced to do so by the action of the back 'angle-plate 1:3, as will be hereinafter more clearly understood. This back angleplate is actuated by a pawl, y?, attached on a slidebar, z3.

In the tiange a3 an opening is formed and the iiange extended, as shown ata, Fig. 17, forming a channel, c1, at the end of which a spout or conductor. d1, is attached. The lower extremity of this is situated to come in1mediately over the grooves e2 of thedistributerbarrel m2.v In this extension of the'ange an elastic cushion, b4, is placed, as shown clearly in Figs] and 17, opposite which extensions ofthe liange, c, are formed, carrying and supporting the separator d4. This consists, as shown in the drawing, of a plate of' two thicknesses, forming shoulders uponit,1having `springs e4 attached on each shoulder" It is also. yprovided with projections f4 for further guiding it. lt is actuated by the lever g4, op-

, erated by a cam, h4, on a shaft, i4, carried by brackets, 7a4, attached or made in one with the table s. This shaft is rotated by a worm-gear,

Y L4, and worin-wheel, m4, uponthe shaft fr. The

angle-plate :r3 and tiusher o3 are both operated -by a worin-'wheeh n4, working in the teeth of This worm-gear is securedl a worm-gear, o4. on the lower end of a spindle,l p4, passing through a sleeve, g4, in the table .8; above which is secured on the spindle a collar, r4, having a cam-projection engaging with a hook on the end of the bar z3, as shown in Fig. 16. Again, above the collar r4, upon the spindle p4, is secured a gear-wheel, s, thefteeth of which only extend two thirds around the circle, and engage with the rack-teetht4 on the pusher-bar v3. The above gears being so arranged that the shaft i* makes one revolution foreach of the rack-teeth t4 on the pusher-bar 113, and, as the cam h4 is providedf'with five projections, the separator operates iive times to each revolution .of the shaft i4. a4 is a projection on the pusher-bar, extending Vthrough a slot, as, in the arm o4, andis connecte-d by' aspring, c7, to a stop, w", on the arm. This spring acts to incline the pusher to return as s'oon as the teeth of the wheel s4 are clear of the rack-teeth t4. The inclination of the table s-isffor the purpose of causing the line of type, asit is placed in front ofthe pusherbar c3, to rest fairly against it, or on their feet, and tofobviate any danger of their toppling over w-henV approaching the conductor d1 and obstructing the advance of the line of type. The bare3 is provided with a projection, m4, to which an elastic or spiral spring, g4, is at tached, connecting it with a projection, z, on the `table s, a-nd drawing it hack to a stop, a5. b5 and c5 are two poles connected with an elec trical battery, insulated from each other and b5, being provided with an insulator-head, f1, which acts upon the periphery of the cam u, causes the poles to touch at d5 and the contact to be maintained during about three-quarters of the revolution of the disk, the rod b5 being made suiciently flexible or elastic to recover itsupright position after the step e5 has passed the head f1, thus separating the poles b5 and c5. The position of the notch e5 being, as shown in Fig. 20, close to the end of the pole b5, the cam c will be secured on the shaft in such a position that the notch on it, f5, will be about ten degrees behind, in the circle of the disks periphery, of coming in contact with the stop g5 of the armature z. h5 is an elastic band or other `spring for drawing back 'the arm yoperating the friction-clutch a'. On the back of the loose pulley w projections i5 are formed to engage with an arm, 155, on the fric tion-clutch fr, to assist the friction-surface iu revolving the sha-ft q. The frictioncone w is attached to the shaft q by a key or feather in the ordinary way, for allowing it to slip freely backward und forward, longitudinally, on the shaft, while it obliges the shaft to revolve with the cone. Thus it will be seen that when the magnets a attract the armature z with sufficient force to overcome the spring h5 the arm y thrusts the friction-cone .r forcibly into the loose pulley w, and the shaft q is caused to revolve.-

l5 is a standard carrying a pivoted lever, m5, made of superabundant weight toward its outer extremity, and causing its point, which enters between the grooves o2 and drop-bottoms q2 of the distributer-barrel m2, to be elevated and press slightly against the bottom of the grooves o2. rlhe inner extremity of the lever is so situated that it comes fairly under the grooves c2 at each pause of the revolution ofthe barrel m2. a5 is a standard carrying a screw, o5, adjusted so that when the inner point of the lever m5 is depressed and raused to rest on one of the drop-bottoms q2, theouter extremity of the lever touches the end of the screw o5. The s rew o5 and the lever m5 are poles ofthe same battery (of which b5 and c" are poles) for the purpose of completing the circuit by connecting the levers m5 with o5, when the circuit is broken by the separation of the pole b5 from pole c5. In constructing the lever m5 the superabundant weight of its outer extremity is only such as to cause it to fall down readily from the screw o5, but when a type in one of the1 grooves oes rests upon the inner end of thellcver its weight brings the outer end in contact'with screw o5. The wires of the battery will be arranged in any ordinary manner, which will be readily understood by any electrician of ordinary skill. One of the wires of the battery is connected at T5, and a connection is made from it to c5. The other batterywire is yconnected at 85, thence ruiming through the magnets a2, and passing from them to the pole b5, and thence to the standard l5 and lever mi". t5 is a pulley on the shaft r, connecting by any suitable belt with the pulley w.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The form, after use in the printingfpress, is placed upon the inclined table s. The shaft r is rotated by any suitable power) in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 3, rotating the worm wheel m4 attached on its extremity, enga-ging With the worm-gear l, and rotating the shaft i4 in the proportion of twentytwo revolutions of the-shaft t' to one of the shaft i4. Consequently the wormgear n4, revolving with the shaft '124,' drives, by means of the gear o, the spindle p, revolving the collar r4 and wheel s4, the teeth of the iatter engaging with the rack-teeth t4 of the pusher c3, causing it to drive the line of type, then in position, toward the tube di, down which each type falls separately, and is received in one of the grooves o2 ofthe distributor-barrel mz. Before, however, the type can reach the tube d1 it has to pass the separator d4, constantly working by the caln h4 and lever g4, its inner end pressing on the type, each is forcibly pressed into the elastic cushion b4, thereby separating it from the character next following, in case they should be stuck together by printing-ink.

It will Ibe observed that the separator d4 acts a great many times to a very small motion of the pusherbar '11, so that each type in passing will thereby be forced several times on the cushion b4, insuring its separation. By this arrangement the types are insured to drop separately or singly down the tube dl as they come to it, which, falling into one of the grooves o2, strikes the inner end of the lever m5, causing the opposite end of it to come in contact with screw o5, connection with which and the lever m5 completes anv electrical circuit, bringing into action the power of the electro-magnets a2, causing the arm y to bring the friction-cone m into operation, and rotate the shaft q and crank s3, which latter, in its forward motion, by means ofthe arln c and pawl wz, causes the barrel m2 to advance the distance of one groove in its circular movement, bringing an empty groove immediatelyl` only: Each character in the l'1%,142 l t fThe electricalfcircuit is, however, stillfcom# plete by meansof.tlieielectricalpole bbeing A y pressed, by th'ecainLdisk u, against'the pole c5,

until the` notch eon `@releases the spring-pole bifromcontact with ,the pole c5. VLlhefelectri cal circuity bein'gfthenA entirelyV destroyed, the

armaturezis .released from :the electro-'magnets by the spring h5,`thearin ydiseng'ages .the clutch, `the stop: ffl onthe arlnatureirising simultaneously andJ engaging with the notch` f5 of the disk-1i,thus. :preventing any further .revolution'oftlie shaft q until anotherftype drops upon the lever 111?. TheV notch 6511's so placed on 'the camldish 11, that the electrical circuit is severed on the instant thecrank s3 has'completed its entire revolution".- There-V turn halt' ofthe revolution of thccrankls?, by

to thatrequired forltlireeV selectors t isfappropriated to-the operation of the lifteru?, the cam l2, "and s to` the working' of the lever-C111?.`

vrEhe last selector,tl,being` a detectingv opener,

which Vopens .s any box `which i. (containing j a `type)fm'ight have esca-pedythe4 actionzof lits propervselector, in 'which case `itwould be received by the ivceptaclea1 appropriated to, pi, which selectordiffers from all ytheothers in that itthas no projections u? for engaging with the type. v l -V i The actionofthe selectors is-asfollowsz The type used with thismachine differs from that ordinarily'in .use in this essential point font has its own peculiar arrangement of nicks in'lieu'of those at present -placedon the side of 4the type for the convenience of the compositor. VThe dead-space s1 above referredy to agrees with the dead-space 12in the receptacle'plate f. The required number of selectors, each provided with projections 11.3 to correspond with the nicks on the single type allottedto that particular selector, are uniformly arranged around the stationary ring b3, concen-l tric with the barrel m2, in such a manner that the vertical-line of nicks o'in theV type con-l tained in 'the grooves o2 is, in each case, directly opposite to the vertical line of projections '11.3 on the selector-heads g3, so that when the cam-wheel l presses against the bolts kj the springs 1 '3 are' compressed, and the projections us enter the corresponding nicks` o3 in the typ'e, which allows the pin g3 to push back the sliding pin s2, so permitting the drop-bot- 1 toms q2 to fall,l Projections v'm3 ofthe camwheel llthen passing the bolts k3, the projections 11.3 retire with the. selector by the action of the spring i3, thus leaving the type unsupported, allowing it to pass through its groove i2 in the guide-plate i, and rest inits receptacle-tube g, which is placed directly under the guide to receive it, when it is acted upon by g2 in the manner hereinbefore described.

When any of the receptacle tubes g become full of type, they are removedlandeinpty ones putin their place. It .willliie'4 observed thata small spring, u1, is attached .to the Zheadsgftof theselectors, with the exception .of the iirst one u1, inFig. 4, .which selector is for the particular purpose of straightening upjthetype in the groove o2 before it is acted uponby the other selectors. These springs alare for the purpose of preventing the ,type ,from being displaced by the friction of the projectionsn3 when they withdraw from the notches o3.

,After each groove o2 has passedvthedetecting opener t1, its dropbottom q2 is raised-by means ofthe stationary projectionu3 to its `proper level, which being attained, the,` projection l2 forces the sliding pin s2, as it passes, underneath the drop-bottom, to support it in that position to receive the type 'from the tube d1.

After a line of type has been removed by the `pusher-1:3 from the front :of thecolufylnnf, the wheel .s4 has revolved till theblank space in its periphery has come opposite'to theA pusher, thus-allowing the pusher toly, yback by the actionvof the spring attached to 'L14 andfw, at the-same time the cam-projection;l on 'thecollar 1A engages with the hookedend` ot' the slide-bar z3, drawing it forward,and` by the action otf'the pawl y? on the rackfteeth 21, (see Figs. l and 16) draws forward the angle-plate 103 the length of one rack-toothzl, which rackteeth al are made equal in length. t the space of one line of type, or one line of type and the leading, should they be leaded, andith'us bringing forward the next line of type Vin the co1- umn to be acted upon by the-pu'she'r-u?. After the cam-projection on the collar 1'4 has revolved a sufficient distance to clear the hook, in doing which it brings up thenextline of type in front of the pusher 1:3, it islbrought back by the action of the spring g4 .till the projecR tion x4 comes in contact with the projection a5.

Having thus described the construction and v operation of my invention, what I claim is as follows: s v

l. The combination of the table s with angle-plates m3 and w3, pawl 1 3 slide-bar z3, and cam-projection of the collurr, substantiall as and lor the purposes described.,

2. The combination of the sectorally-tooth ed Wheel s4 with the rack-teeth t4` of pusher 113 and spring a", substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. The combination of the worm-wheel114, worm-gear o4, camprojection of collar 14, wheel s4, for operating the slide-bar @fand pusher v3, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination of the cushion b4, separator d4, lever g4, and cam h4,.substantially as and for the purposes set forth.l s

5. ln the distributer-barrel1n2, the combinationof the drop-bottoms q2 with pins s, substantially as and for the purposes described.

6. The combination of thedistributer-barrel, provided with the grooves o2, drop-bottoms q2, and pins s2, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. The combination of distrbuter-barrel m2,

'pawl w?, lever. v2, connecting-rod rl, and crank "s", 'substantially .as and for the purposes described.

i S. The combination of the dropbottoins q2,

pinss'zyand cam lo, substantially as and for -r v-the purposes described.

"9. The combination of the distributer-barrel, provided with the grooves o, drop-botl 'toms' q2, and projection u2', substantially as andl for the purposes set forth.

f10. The'combination, substantially as specified, ofthe rotating distributer-barrel, having .grooves for the reception of types,.1nd the gravitating lever for making and breaking the v circuit.

11. The combination of the drop-bottoms i q2, pins s2, and pins g3 of the selector o3, sub- -stantially as and for the purposes set forth.

12. In the selectors c3, the combination o'f the :projections n3, head g3, and pins qs, substantially as and for the'purposes set forth.

` 13.1111 the selector c3, the combination of the Vbolt 703, spring' L3, and spring 113, substantially as and for the purposes described.

14.The combination of the projections m3 the selectors c3 with the spring @substantially as and for thepurposes set forth. r

1S. The combination of thefreceptacles g,

bolts c2, and rest e2, substantially as den 19. The combination ofi thelireceptacles g, bolts c2, and wheel b2, substantiall'y'as and for the purposes set forth. A' g 20. The combination of the electro-magnetic poles o5 m5 b5 c5 and maglletsaz, constructed and arranged for operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes described.

21. The combination of thellever m5, mag nets a, armature z, and pivoted arm y, with friction-cone w, substantially? asland for the purposes set forth. 1

22. The combination ofthe .loose pulley w, friction-cone x, and disksl vfland u, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

23. The combination of? the." disk u with poles b5 and c5, substantially :Island for the purposes described. l j

24. The combination of thedsk v, stop g5, and armature z, snbstantiallyas" and for the purposes set forth. M

25. The combination of themagnets a?, armature z', pivotcd arm y, andyspring h5, subsantially as and for the-purposes'set forth.

26. The combinationof thevpnlley t5, pulley w, cone arm y, ar|naturez,and magnets a?, substantially as and ffor the purposes described. j.

` W. D.-G.IPATTYSON.

Witnesses:

C. G. C. SIMPSON, M. A. NELSQN. 

